decennium

American  

[dih-sen-ee-uhm] / dɪˈsɛn i əm /

noun

• decenniums,
  plural
• decennia
  plural

1. a period of ten years; a decade.

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decennium British  

/ dɪˈsɛnɪəm, dɪˈsɛnərɪ /

noun

1. a less common word for decade

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• decennia
  plural
• decenniums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of decennium

From Latin, dating back to 1675–85; see origin at decennial

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

decennium decennia

The Apple of 2010, at the end of its decennium mirabilis, had a record of hardware innovation no other electronics firm could match.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2022

A similar remark might be made concerning the reference to the poet's old age "which dulleth him in his spirit," in the "Complaint of Venus," generally ascribed to the last decennium of Chaucer's life.

From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward

Most of the papers of this decennium deal with vertebrate morphology, and are more or less connected with his former researches, but in one respect, at least, he broke quite fresh ground.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley

After that three pontifical briefs were obtained, each one ad decennium, empowering them to graduate students from the courses of philosophy and theology.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

In the last but one decennium of the sixteenth century, the first dramatists arose who pursued fixed literary tendencies.

From Shakspere and Montaigne by Jacob Feis

During the decennia which immediately followed, Jewish history was practically absorbed in vain attempts to restore the old Hasmonaean kingdom.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen